How to install fulltext search as a standalone server in IceWarp

You will need Hyper-V or VMware hypervisors to install the Fulltext server image. The image comes preloaded with a Linux distribution.

• Please use the Fulltext server with the latest version of IceWarp to ensure the best compatibility.

• This function is available from Deep Castle 1 (12.3)

INSTALLATION

Hyper-V

• Download the latest version of the Fulltext image for Hyper-V from our website here. and extract it, for example, with WinRar.
• Open your Hyper-V interface and Click on "Import new Virtual Machine..."

• Select the extracted folder and Click on "Next"
• Choose "Copy the virtual machine (create a new unique ID)" and click on "Next"
• Choose your location for the virtual machine; you can use the default path and click on "Next"
• Choose the location of the virtual machine's discs and click on "Next"
• Now you can select the proper Network card to connect to and make sure the network you choose is also available for the IceWarp server to connect to since the servers need to connect.
• Review the final recapitulation of the setup and click on "Finish"

Before you turn on the Virtual machine, It is recommended to increase the number of CPUs dedicated to the virtual machine. 

• Right-click on the imported Virtual machine and click on the settings
• Select "Processor" and grant the Virtual server at least 4 CPU cores and click apply
• Now you can Turn the Virtual Machine on and continue to the "Connection to IceWarp" section.

VMware

• Download the latest version of the Fulltext image for VMware from our website here. and extract it, for example, with WinRar.
• Open your VMware program and click on Player > File > Open and select your extracted image.
• Name your virtual machine and select a destination for the storage path and click on "Import"

Before you turn on the Virtual machine, It is recommended to increase the number of CPUs dedicated to the virtual machine.

• Right-click on your imported Virtual machine

• Click on Processors and assign at least four cores to the Virtual Machine and click on "Ok"

• Now you can Turn the Virtual Machine on and continue to the "Connection to IceWarp" section.

Connection to IceWarp

Wait until your Virtual machine is started, and you will be presented with important steps to set your Fulltext search in WebAdmin if you wish to set the connection in Webadmin to proceed with the steps in the Virtual Machine; however, we recommend setting up the connection from Remote console by following steps.

• On the started Virtual machine, you are presented with the URLs and credentials needed to set up the FullText server

Make sure that the IP address is resolvable from your IceWarp machine; otherwise, you will not be able to connect your IceWarp server to the Fulltext server

• Log into the remote console of your IceWarp server and navigate yourself to "System > Storage > Fulltext Search" Enable the Fulltext search in IceWarp

• Copy the URLs from Step 3 and Step 4

• In the remote console, switch the Database service to "Connect to remote Database service" and input the URL from Step 3

• In the remote console, switch the Document conversion service to "Connect to remote Document conversion service," input the URL from Step 4 and click on apply. The scanner service will stay on the local machine.

Now, the services are correctly connected. 

To start the indexing process, please refresh the directory cache on your server in the remote console > System > Advanced > Directory cache > Refresh now.

You can see the scanning process by tool.exe in the IceWarp installation folder with the commands:

For windows - .\tool.exe get system C_System_Services_Fulltext_Scanner_Status

For Linux - ./tool.sh get system C_System_Services_Fulltext_Scanner_Status